New Bern, NC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 59.5°F in New Bern, NC, the warmest March since 2012, 5th warmest of 91.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 59.5°F; Warmest since 2012; 5th warmest of 91
Precipitation: 2.80 in; Driest since 2023; 26th driest of 90

A normal March in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.1°F, between 49.6°F and 57.3°F in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in New Bern, NC since 1933: 59.5°F in 2026; the highest is 63.7°F, in 1945.

Normal range, 49.6 to 57.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in New Bern, NC from 1933 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	59.5	5	73	3	46.1	13	2.80	65	0
2025	57.9	13	70.4	9	45.5	19	3.31	52	0
2024	57.4	15	68.3	22	46.5	9	6.81	5	0
2023	55.8	28	67.2	27	44.5	28	2.14	84	0
2022	57.3	17	69.5	14	45.2	25	4.90	21	0
2021	56.4	22	67.5	25	45.3	24	3.58	43	0
2020	58.9	8	69.4	16	48.3	4	3.21	56	0
2019	52.1	61	64	57	40.3	62	1.91	85	0
2018	48.1	88	59	87	37.3	86	4.23	29	0
2017	51.8	62	64.4	52	39.3	74	4.03	33	0
2016	59.3	6	71.2	6	47.4	7	3.33	51	0
2015	54.1	39	66.3	35	42	44	3.56	44	0
2014	50	81	61.8	75	38.2	82	4.60	24	0
2013	49.1	83	60.3	83	37.9	84	1.17	89	0
2012	61.1	2	72.7	4	49.5	3	3.15	58	0
2011	53.1	48	64.5	50	41.8	47	2.41	77	0
2010	52.3	58	63.8	60	40.8	55	3.16	57	0
2009	51.1	70	61.3	78	41	52	2.87	64	0
2008	54.7	34	66.7	32	42.6	37	3.35	50	0
2007	55.1	31	68.6	18	41.6	49	3.11	60	0
2006	51.7	65	63.5	63	39.8	73	2.27	81	0
2005	49.9	82	60.9	79	38.9	78	3.80	38	0
2004	54	43	65.6	42	42.3	42	2.57	74	0
2003	56.3	24	66.2	36	46.5	9	3.88	37	0
2002	55.6	29	68	24	43.1	34	8.12	2	0
2001	51.3	69	62	73	40.6	59	5.10	19	0
2000	55.5	30	67	29	43.2	33	4.41	27	1
1999	49.1	83	62	73	36.3	88	2.68	68	0
1998	53.7	44	64.1	56	43.3	31			1
1994	54.6	36	66.5	33	42.8	36	5.64	16	0
1993	51.4	68	62.5	68	40.4	60	6.83	4	0
1992	52.7	51	65.2	45	40.3	62	2.93	63	0
1991	56.2	25	67.3	26	45.1	26	5.99	13	0
1990	57.3	17	68.5	19	46	14	5.90	14	0
1989	54.1	39	64.5	50	43.7	30	6.30	8	0
1988	53.4	47	65.8	40	40.9	54	3.43	47	0
1987	50.8	73	62.2	70	39.3	74	4.24	28	0
1986	53.7	44	65.4	44	42	44	4.45	26	0
1985	57.5	14	69.6	13	45.5	19	2.71	67	0
1984	51.8	62	63.2	64	40.4	60	6.01	11	0
1983	54.7	34	64	57	45.4	21	9.17	1	0
1982	56.4	22	66.9	31	45.8	17	3.98	35	0
1981	50.2	79	62.1	71	38.2	82	2.20	83	0
1980	50.4	75	60.9	79	40	70	7.30	3	0
1979	54.2	38	66	39	42.5	38	3.72	41	0
1978	50.3	77	60.6	81	39.9	71	3.77	39	0
1977	56.2	25	66.5	33	45.9	15	5.70	15	0
1976	58.6	9	70.1	10	47.2	8	2.64	71	0
1975	54.1	39	65	46	43.1	34	2.56	75	0
1974	58.1	10	69.7	12	46.5	9	4.00	34	0
1973	58	11	68.2	23	47.8	5	3.15	58	0
1972	53.6	46	64.9	47	42.4	39	3.51	46	0
1971	50.3	77	60.4	82	40.2	67	4.50	25	0
1970	51.1	70	61.4	77	40.8	55	4.21	30	0
1969	48.2	87	60	85	36.3	88	4.61	23	0
1968	52.7	51	66.1	37	39.3	74	2.51	76	0
1967	52.5	53	64.8	48	40.3	62	0.60	90	0
1966	50.6	74	62.8	66	38.4	80	2.68	68	0
1965	48.3	86	58.9	88	37.7	85	2.72	66	0
1964	54.1	39	65.8	40	42.3	42	1.90	86	0
1963	55.1	31	68.5	19	41.8	47	1.27	87	0
1962	50.1	80	60.1	84	40.2	67	3.29	53	0
1961	58	11	70	11	45.9	15	3.56	44	0
1960	42.8	91	52.3	91	33.2	91	4.20	31	0
1959	52.5	53	64.2	55	40.7	58	6.01	11	0
1958	48.1	88	57.3	89	38.9	78	5.19	18	0
1957	52.2	59	62.1	71	42.4	39	4.08	32	0
1956	52.4	57	64.4	52	40.3	62	3.66	42	1
1955	57.4	15	69.5	14	45.4	21	2.67	70	0
1954	52.5	53	64.6	49	40.3	62	3.29	53	0
1953	54.9	33	65.5	43	44.3	29	2.34	78	0
1952	52.2	59	63.2	64	41.2	51	4.63	22	0
1951	51.7	65	62.4	69	41	52	3.29	53	0
1950	50.4	75	61.5	76	39.9	71	2.60	72	2
1949	53.1	48	66.1	37	40.2	67	2.60	72	0
1948	57.2	19	68.8	17	45.6	18	3.43	47	0
1947	45.4	90	55.3	90	35.6	90	6.18	10	0
1946	60.6	3	70.9	7	50.4	2	2.21	82	0
1945	63.7	1	75.7	1	51.3	1	1.21	88	1
1944	53.1	48	63.9	59	42.4	39	5.40	17	0
1943	52.5	53	63.8	60	41.3	50	6.21	9	0
1942	55.9	27	67	29	44.8	27	5.05	20	0
1941	48.4	85	59.5	86	37.2	87	3.09	61	0
1940	51.7	65	62.6	67	40.8	55	3.00	62	0
1939	56.9	20	70.5	8	43.3	31	3.41	49	0
1938	59	7	71.6	5	46.3	12	2.33	79	0
1937	51.8	62	64.4	52	39.2	77	2.28	80	2
1936	56.9	20	68.5	19	45.4	21	6.70	6	0
1935	60.5	4	73.4	2	47.6	6	3.74	40	0
1934	51.1	70	63.8	60	38.4	80	6.38	7	0
1933	54.5	37	67.1	28	41.9	46	3.90	36	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1945	63.7
2012	61.1
1946	60.6
1935	60.5
2026	59.5
2016	59.3
1938	59
2020	58.9
1976	58.6
1974	58.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	42.8
1947	45.4
2018	48.1
1958	48.1
1969	48.2
1965	48.3
1941	48.4
2013	49.1
1999	49.1
2005	49.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	9.17
2002	8.12
1980	7.30
1993	6.83
2024	6.81
1936	6.70
1934	6.38
1989	6.30
1943	6.21
1947	6.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	0.60
2013	1.17
1945	1.21
1963	1.27
1964	1.90
2019	1.91
2023	2.14
1981	2.20
1946	2.21
2006	2.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 11 March 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 18 March 2026, 13 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.06 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 2.80 in of precipitation in New Bern, NC, the driest March since 2023, 26th driest of 90.
The hottest day of March 2026 in New Bern, NC: 88°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in New Bern, NC: a low of 31°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026 and Friday 13 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in New Bern, NC: 1.06 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.